one for the money
(This entry was, perhaps obviously, written retroactively.)
We flitted off to Las Vegas today, after the whole “Chester Incident”:http://off.net/~shaver/mt-test/archives/000117.html got mostly sorted out. Alasdair had arrived at my house — and I hope he doesn’t take offense at my sharing this — hung right the heck over. Apparently a wild night of fondue and drinking was necessary before he could face the prospect of four whole days away with me. Tyla’s been known to brace herself that way as well, which might mean that there’s a hint in here for me.
The flight itself was pretty much uneventful, though we still don’t quite understand why there’s so much Japanese-language signage at “MSP”:http://www.mspairport.com/msp/. By the time we got to our “hotel”:http://www.circuscircus.com/, it was nearly 9PM, which meant that we didn’t have a whole lot of time to arrange our plans for the evening — at least, as long as the plans were to involve the 10PM “Penn & Teller show”:http://us.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/29/penn.teller/. The show itself was pretty excellent, but I was left wondering who, exactly, thinks it’s a good idea to bring an eight-year-old child to that sort of show. I mean, I will, but I’m clearly different.
(Assuming, of course, that Tyla ever lets me bring our children anywhere near Las Vegas, but I’m sure she’ll come around.)
The hotel is OK (”Holiday Inn OK”, if you will), and it’s on the strip, so in theory we can walk to pretty much anything. I have forgotten my cell charger, because that’s the sort of modern-day superhero that I am.
“Fiore”:http://www.ratelv.com/hotelrest/ratings/r68.html micro-review: decent steaks, somewhat over-seasoned sides, least elegant up-sell patter I’ve been subjected to in a restaurant of that general quality-range. I’m sure you can do better in Vegas for the same price, but we were at the Rio already, and time was running out.